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2761. Cystic-Fibrosis-Hgh Surveillance (pdf file)
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      August 01, 2012 - : November, 2011 Surveillance Report 2nd Assessment: August 2012 Key Findings 1st Assessment: • … updating is Low (This is unchanged from the last assessment) AHRQ Comparative Effectiveness … This second assessment was due to start the re-assessment in May, 2012 and was completed in August, … ) and 8/2011-7/2012 (re- assessment). … Previous Assessment Cumulative Assessment Pulmonary Function: Absolute FVC: Pooling of 3 RCTs

2762. Total Worker Health® (TWH) (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2016 - Risk-of-Bias Assessment To assess the risk of bias (internal validity) of studies eligible for KQ 2, … determined to have a major methodological shortcoming in one or more categories based on our qualitative assessment … design; because of the inherent risk of bias in pre-post studies, we did not include them in our assessment … design; because of the inherent risk of bias in pre-post studies, we did not include them in our assessment … Assessment of occupational safety and health programs in small businesses.

2763. MS Protocol draft_12_12-13 clean[2] (pdf file)
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      December 17, 2013 - inclusion criteria will be distributed among investigators for data abstraction and risk of bias assessment … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies Risk of bias of eligible studies will … sequence generation, allocation concealment, blinding of participants and personnel, blinding of outcome assessment … Investigator assessment of these items will compare reported Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov … Needs assessment of persons with multiple sclerosis and significant others: using the literature review

2764. breast-biopsy-update-130920 (pdf file)
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      September 20, 2013 - 79.7% of women aged 50 to 74 years reported having a mammogram within the past 2 years.4 If initial assessment … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies We will assess the risk of bias for … each individual study using the assessment methods detailed by the Agency for Healthcare Research … The  development  of  QUADAS:  a  tool  for  the  quality   assessment  of  studies … Evaluation  of  QUADAS,  a  tool  for  the  quality   assessment  of  diagnostic

2765. Decision Modeling (ppt file)
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      June 01, 2012 - Technology Assessment (Prepared by the Duke Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-97- … Technology Assessment (Prepared by the Duke Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-97- … Technology Assessment (Prepared by the Duke Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-97- … Technology Assessment (Prepared by the Duke Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-97- … Technology Assessment (Prepared by the Duke Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-97-

2766. Decision Modeling (ppt file)
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      June 01, 2012 - Technology Assessment (Prepared by the Duke Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-97- … Technology Assessment (Prepared by the Duke Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-97- … Technology Assessment (Prepared by the Duke Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-97- … Technology Assessment (Prepared by the Duke Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-97- … Technology Assessment (Prepared by the Duke Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-97-

2767. A Primer for Systematic Reviewers on the Measurement of Functional Status and Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2013 - This form of reliability examines the agreement between two raters—for instance, self-assessment at … two points in time (intra-rater) or self- and proxy-assessment (inter-rater). … Follow-up assessments were done approximately 2 weeks after the initial assessment. … The assessment, analysis and interpretation of patient- reported outcomes. … Assessment in Cancer: Measures, Methods, and Applications.

2768. Stroke Prevention in Atr ial Fibr illation Patients: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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      October 27, 2017 - /evaluation Instruments Clinical tools and individual risk factors for assessment/ evaluation … We will apply this outcome-specific quality assessment to groups of outcomes that have lower risk of … In brief, the approach requires assessment of five domains: study limitations (previously named risk … We will use a checklist to guide the assessment of applicability. … QUADAS-2: a revised tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies.

2769. Prioritization and Selection of Harms for Inclusion in Systematic Reviews (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2018 - Presenter Presentation Notes What Is Quality Assessment? … However, synthesizing evidence on harms poses unique challenges: the assessment and reporting of harms … One Possible Approach: GRADE Outcome Selection • Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development … Presenter Presentation Notes One Possible Approach: GRADE Outcome Selection The Grading of Recommendations Assessment

2770. Mass-Casualty-Events-Scarce-Resources Executive (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2012 - warning, health care systems and providers must be prepared to swiftly Evidence Report/Technology Assessment … The only provider-oriented strategy that has been subjected to comparative assessment is field triage … Third, we felt it necessary to develop our own quality assessment scale for the vast majority of studies … There was some degree of subjectivity in assigning scores to each item in our quality assessment scales … Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 207.

2771. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 9 (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2012 - to predict health outcomes, there are specific methods to consider when performing the assessment. … The latter assessment is by means of facility-based polysomnography, a comprehensive neurophysiologic … If possible, recast the assessment task in which the index test is used as an instrument to predict … Evidence Report/Technology Assessment. 127 pages. … Effects of dependent errors in the assessment of diagnostic test performance.

2772. Cad-Women-Diagnosis Executive (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2012 - Technology Assessment. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, October 2006. … Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 80. 18 (Prepared by the University of California, San … Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 81. … The development of QUADAS: a tool for the quality assessment of studies of diagnostic accuracy included … Assessment of the exercise electrocardiogram in women versus men using tomographic myocardial perfusion

2773. uterine-fibroids-protocol-160301 (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2016 - A preliminary assessment of the published literature on uterine fibroid treatment suggests that limiting … For studies that meet the eligibility criteria from the full-text review assessment, we will extract … We will use an adapted version of the McMaster Quality Assessment Scale of Harms tool to assess harms … The assessment of the study limitations domain will be derived from the risk of bias of the individual … Management of uterine fibroids (Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 34, contract 290-97-0014 to

2774. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)
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      August 05, 2010 - However, study duration will be considered in the assessment of the quality and applicability of the … (CCOHTA), Bandolier, and the NHA Health Technology Assessment Programme. … Assessment of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies We will assess the methodological quality … These criteria are based on the Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR) tool (systematic … Studies could receive one rating for assessment of efficacy and a different rating for assessment of

2775. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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      November 08, 2011 - Our review will include an assessment of adverse effects or harms associated with pressure ulcer treatment … Reviews (CDSR), the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE), and the Health Technology Assessment … Assessment of Methodological Quality of Individual Studies http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/index.cfm … interpret primarily because of the heterogeneity of trial populations, interventions, and outcomes assessment … Technology Assessment (Prepared by Tufts– New England Medical Center Evidence-based Practice Center under

2776. Disposition of Comments for Treatments for Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis (pdf file)
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      July 17, 2013 - General The authors themselves admit that the “absence of placebo arms particularly limited our assessment … • It requires assessment of four domains: risk of bias, consistency, directness, and precision. … After this review was completed, an updated Guide was published that required assessment of reporting … not possible, comparison of treatment effect magnitude among studies that used different symptom assessment … USPSTF quality assessment tables for each comparison are shown in Appendix C.

2777. #06 Developmental Delays ADHD, and Autism (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2014 - Neuropsychiatric Interpretive Electroencephalograph Assessment Aid (NEBA) for assessment of attention-deficit … Eligible Topic Not Deemed High Impact  The Neuropsychiatric Interpretive Electroencephalograph Assessment … Food and Drug Administration in July 2013 as a clinician evaluation–adjunct assessment tool. … (ECRI Institute, Technology Assessment). Horizon Scanning Structured Comment Form. … (ECRI Institute, Technology Assessment). Horizon Scanning Structured Comment Form.

2778. Anxiety in Children (pdf file)
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      September 12, 2016 - Patient centered outcomes: § Remission, relapse, anxiety symptoms, behavioral problems (Behavior Assessment … college graduate) § Family dysfunction/stressor: • Parenting Stress Index (PSI) • Brief Family Assessment … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies We will evaluate the risk of bias of … Based on this assessment and the initial study design, we will assign a strength of evidence rating … Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with anxiety disorders

2779. home-based-care-protocol-141119 (pdf file)
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      November 19, 2014 - Inclusion of mental health services Assessment and management of serious mental illnesses including … however, the comparators and approach to measuring the outcomes will be considered as part of the assessment … Assessment of Methodological Risk of Bias of Individual Studies Predefined criteria will be used … What may affect applicability can vary depending on the question of interest and currently the assessment … , and then we will summarize our findings into an assessment of the applicability of the body of evidence

2780. Research White Paper: A Framework To Facilitate the Use of Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses in the Design of Primary Research Studies (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2012 - In addition, when the same authors compared these results to a previous assessment of the 55 reports … Then, a more detailed assessment of the abstract and if necessary full text of SRs can be used to identify … These include a balanced assessment of the level of risk of an intervention compared with potential … Empirical assessment suggests that existing evidence could be used more fully in designing randomized … NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme: About the HTA programme.